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The Magazine for a Strong America

Vol. 139, No. 1

A R T 1 C L E S

HOME AGAIN, IN This year's National Convention to honor WWII veterans. 16

FLAG AMENDMENT IS THE PEOPLE'S WILL

"Ifwe don 't stand upfor theflag, what will we stand upfor?" asks Rep. William Jefferson ofLouisiana. 18

COLOR ME RED, WHITE AND BLUE school kids speakfrom the heart. 22

WHAT IS AN AMERICAN PATRIOT? The answer—from noted entertainer Pat Boone—may surprise you. 26

HELPING RUSSIA REFORM

It'll take more thanjust money, says one leading expert. 28

STORM CLOUDS OVER THE SOUTH SEA The Spratly Islands: a venuefor war? By Perry Wood 30

PARKS IN PERIL The trashing of Yellowstone, Yosemite and other nationalpreserves. By Gary Turbak 32

MAGIC HNGERS: EASING THE PAIN OF PTSD Healing veterans with a wave ofthe hand. By Don Oldenburg 35

SPRING MEETING: ALL FOR OLD GLORY

There's no turning backfrom our commitment to theflag. 46 D E P A R T M E N T S

BIG ISSUES Should term limits be establishedfor members ofCongress? 12

VETVOICE 3 VETERANS UPDATE 38 VETS 50

COMMANDER'S MESSAGE 10 LEGION NEWS 40 PARTING SHOTS 60

WASHINGTON WATCH 14 YOUR AMERICAN LEGION 48

COVER Thesefourth graders in the Pleasant St School in Athol, Mass., were among the students in the Athol-Roy- alston School District who took crayons in hand to compete in a patriotic poster contest. See the winners on Page 22. Photograph byJon Crispin/Mercury.

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Grab Your Pens! by Eric Zom, which defended a high Chicago Sun-Times , 401 North school student's right to burn the Wabash, Chicago, IL 60611 The Chicago Tribune newspaper American Flag and then publicly dis- Write your letter today. strongly opposes the amendment to play the burned flag at school. Thomas W. Flynn protect the American flag. Tribune Mr. Zom also called supporters of Morton Grove, III. writer Steven Chapman penned an arti- the amendment "pseudopatriotic blus- cle opposing our amendment and criti- ters." He also called the flag amend- It's time to give new glory to Old cizing those who support it. His article ment the No. 1 false issue in the United Glory. A constitutional amendment to was misleading historically, legally and States. protect our flag should be a priority for factually. The voices at the Punch Bowl and Congress ("Protecting Our Nation's Many wrote letters to the editor cor- Arlington National Cemetery are forev- Flag," May, by Daniel S. Wheeler). recting the article and questioning the er silent and cannot speak. Fortunately, Putting this legislation on the back Tribune's position, but the newspaper you can be heard. Write the Chicago burner only gives more time for U.S. refused to print any opposition. How- Tribune, 435 N. Michigan Ave., Chica- Flag haters to promote their own ever, the paper did print many letters go, IL 60611. destructive agenda. from supporters of the right to dese- And because the Chicago Tribune The flag is not just a piece of cloth. crate the flag. may censor your objections, try the Please turn to page 6 Later, the Tribune printed an article WE NEED A WAKE-UP CALL'

REMEMBER the dreaded sound Post, yet we constantly ignore simple solution tor every r'ost of the bugler in the awful them. worldwide. In the 1995-96 year, hours before dawn? We need a Are they not veterans? Certain- if every Legionnaire will pledge to bugler to wake us up again. We ly they are. Veterans are not personally bring in one new are not focusing on the goals and made by popular or unpopular member, we will double our aspirations of The American wars. Veterans are made by ser- membership. Legion as befitting a benevolent vice to this nation in time of war. The Post has the real power in organization. Posts were once lively centers the Legion, and that power comes Some Posts have no in-house of community affairs. Some mem- from the membership. The Post training programs for future offi- bers are very jaded now, and officers and the executive commit- cers and elect officers who Posts are rundown in appear- tee can only make recommenda-

instead are fronts for an executive ance, activity and dedication. I tions. Approval of those sugges- committee that often follows its remember, as you do, when a tions belongs to the Post members. own agenda. This is wrong and Post event was the highlight of the District, and Department. defeats the purpose of The Ameri- week in a local community. Once National Headquarters can only can Legion. the flag flew proudly 24 hours a offer guidelines.

When the chain of command is day over the local Post, and activ- Legionnaires, will you lead or followed, good things happen. ity seemed endless. Why has that follow? Get off your duff and When you go from Post to Dis- stopped? recruit the man or woman you trict, you open the door to a wide It isn't hard to answer. We would like to see as your next range of talent to solve problems. were young then and fresh from commander. And honor your From there you proceed to Divi- our victory in World War II. Now recruit by paying his or her first sion, Department and National, we resist change. The enthusiasm year's membership dues. until the Post problem is solved. of youth has been replaced by We rose to the occasion many Membership is down for one comfortable surroundings and times before. Now we must rise simple reason: Posts are content familiar faces. Words made again to meet the challenge that to just get by and serve the same empty by our own indifference to faces us today: reviving American tired old members. We in the change fall on deaf ears while the Legion membership and renew- Legion are just as guilty as many honorable dreams of The Ameri- ing its dedication to the men and Americans were when they can Legion sink into the sunset. women who served with honor turned their back on those veter- Indifference abounds. when our country called. ans returning from Vietnam. Yes, we need a wake-up call. For God and Country, These same veterans are a valu- Command'ers, officers and Ernesi Bedsole able cadre of men and women members of Posts, it does not Commander, Post 179 who can provide the vitality to a have to be this way. There is a McQueeney,

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It is the story of how our great nation than pay their way. However, a leading envied country in the world. evolved. We must do our part to bring researcher of current immigration at the Continued immigration should not new glory to Old Glory by urging Con- University of , economist be stopped, but limited to those who gress to pass the HJR 79 and SJR 3 1 George Borjas, says they don't. make a legal entry. Dorothy Applegate According to Borjas, the new immi- Ray E. DeLaurier San Francisco grants are joining the welfare system at McFarland, Ws. a much higher rate than the older immi- Kudos grants. It's a net loss to the country. Do we need more immigration? No. Many heartfelt thanks for the article They're taking out more than they're I fully support Stein's view. Immigra- about the dedication of the putting in. They seem to be more tion is no longer needed. Illegal immi- Memorial ("Some Still Remember," unskilled and have less education. grants are becoming a problem. Espe- May). With racial tensions and multicultur- cially, when we call and get voice mail Stanley R. Clark alism on the rise, it is prudent to asking if we want to hear a message in Springfield, Va. sharply reduce immigration. If we English or Spanish. ignore basic common sense, a fearful Q Jim McNally I compliment you on the article, future lies ahead for our country. New London, Conn. "The Cutting Edge of Combat Medi- John C. Vinson cine" (March, by Steve Salerno). As an President McNamarcKs Book enlisted WWII medic in the 6th Mobile American Immigration Control The Nuremberg trials established

Surgical Hospital, I wondered how we Foundation that every person is responsible for his made do. I also wonder how many lives Monterey, Va. or her own actions even if the acts were we could have saved if we had this sanctioned by the government of the technology. The interviews with Stein and country they served. Joe A. Petty Moore were very enlightening. We Robert McNamara, secretary of Des Plaines, III. must remember, almost all Americans defense during part of the Vietnam were immigrants. The exception is the War, has admitted that he followed Thanks for the many informative American Indian. Being one big melt- administration policy of sending more articles over the past few years com- ing pot makes us the greatest and most- troops to Vietnam, even though he memorating the 50th anniversary of knew the war could not be won under World War II. The articles, and the WE WANT YOUR the conditions the administration insist- many Vetvoice letters of reminiscence, ed it be fought. We can only guess at have been helpful to me in teaching my OPINIONS how many young men needlessly lost 1919-45 American history courses. their lives as a result of McNamara' Richard C. Haney The American Legion complacency. University of Wisconsin Magazine welcomes letters to He was not honest with the Ameri- Whitewater the editor concerning articles can people when he accepted the that appear in the publication. Be responsibilities of his office. The ques- Crossing The Border sure to include hometown and a tion I now have is, should McNamara I agree wholeheartedly with Dan daytime phone number for be tried as a war criminal for crimes Stein: Bar the door ("What Price Immi- verification. Short letters are against humanity under the precedent gration?" April). The immigration situ- more likely to be published, and established by the Allied forces after ation is critical. all letters are subject to editing World War H? Stephen Moore carefully avoids the for clarity and brevity. Gene H. Alters dark side of immigration. He did not We now offer readers three Phelps, Wis. tell that illegal immigrants never get ways to send us letters to the physicals. As a result, we have serious editor: Who Won The Gulf? problems with exotic diseases which You can send e-mail to: While U.S. doctors are pondering never before occurred in the United TDD1(Saol.com the symptoms of our Gulf War veter- States. You can leave a recorded letter ans, you can rest assured Saddam Hus- There are thousands of immigrants to the editor by calling: sein is giving us the big horselaugh who were criminals in their homelands (314) 474-7474 ("Tattered Yellow Ribbons," April, by and are now in U.S. jails. There are Callers' opinions are considered Tamara Lee Boyer and Stefani A. 3,500 Cubans costing $700 million a for publication and receive a D Lako). Remember, we have won the year to house. We also have Asian symbol when used. battle, but the war is still festering like gangs and the Russian Mafia. Or you can write to: a boil, and the aggressor is still lurking Frank Serdahely The American Legion Magazine and plotting. P.O. 60x1055 Adolph Kuhn Indianapolis, IN 46206 Manteca, Calif. Moore claims that immigrants more Please turn page

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I recommend all veter- weeks) and have been reversible upon discontinuation of drug therapy The AV Block First Degree 3.3% 0.0% relationship to CARDIZEM is uncertain in some cases, but probable in some. ans organizations band together for (See PRECAUTIONS.) Edema 2.6% 1.3% ECG Abnormality 1.6% 2,3% these issues. PRECAUTIONS Asthenia 1.8% 1.7% General We can spend billions on foreign CARDIZEM (diltiazem hydrochloride) is extensively metabolized by the liver and In clinical trials of CARDIZEM CD capsules, CARDIZEM tablets, and CARDIZEM SR excreted by the kidneys and in bile. As with any drug given over prolonged periods, capsules involving over 3200 patients, the most common events (ie, greater than aid but not thousands on our veterans. laboratoryjarameters of renal and hepatic function should be monitored at regular 1%) were edema (4.6%), headache (4.6%), dizziness (3.5%), asthenia (2.6%), John Intervals. 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In dogs, doses of 20 mg/kg were also associated with hepatic branch block, congestive heart failure, ECG abnormalities, hypotension, palpita- First, Again changes; however, these changes were reversible with continued dosing. tions, syncope, tachycardia, ventricular extrasystoles Dermatological events (see ADVERSE REACTIONS section) may be transient and Nervous System: Abnormal dreams, amnesia, depression, gait abnormality, hallu- I was very surprised to read about may disappear despite continued use of CARDIZEM. However, skin eruptions cinations, insomnia, nervousness, paresthesia, personality change, somnolence, progressing to erythema multiforme and/or exfoliative dermatitis have also been tinnitus, tremor the "first" Legion Post in a nursing infrequently reported. Should a dermatologic reaction persist, the drug should be Gastrointestinal: Anorexia, constipation, diarrhea, dry mouth, dysgeusia, discontinued. dyspepsia, mild elevations of SGOT, SGPT, LDH, and alkaline phosphatase (see home in South Carolina in January

hepatic warnings), thirst, vomiting, weight increase Drup Interactions 1995 ("New Post Forms In Nursing Dermatoiogicai: Petechiae, photosensitivity, pruritus, urticaria Due to the potential for additive effects, caution and careful titration are warranted Other: Amblyopia, CPK increase, dyspnea, epistaxis, eye irritation, hyperglycemia, in patients receiving CARDIZEM concomitantly with other agents known to affect Home," April, Legion News). In March hyperuricemia, impotence, muscle cramps, nasal congestion, nocturia, osteoartic- cardiac contractility and/or conduction. (See WARNINGS.) Pharmacologic studies ular pain, polyuria, sexual difficulties 1994, Post 1953 of East New York, indicate that there may be additive effects in prolonging AV conduction when using The following postmarketing events have been reported in beta-blockers or digitalis concomitantly with CARDIZEM. (See WARNINGS.) infrequently patients N.Y., in the receiving CARDIZEM: exfoliative Brooklyn United Metho- As with all drugs, care should be exercised when treating patients with multiple alopecia, erythema multiforme, dermatitis, medications. CARDIZEM undergoes biotransformation by cytochrome P-450 mixed extrapyramidal symptoms, gingival hyperplasia, hemolytic anemia, increased dist Church Home, was started. function oxidase. Coadministration of CARDIZEM with other agents which follow bleeding time, leukopenia, purpura, retinopathy, and thrombocytopenia. In addition, events such as myocardial infarction have been observed which are not readily the same route of biotransformation may result in the competitive inhibition of Adelbert K. Burger distinguishable from the natural history disease metabolism. Especially in patients with renal and/or hepatic impairment, dosages of the in these patients. A number of cases of generalized rash, characterized leukocytoclastic Shelton, of similarly metabolized drugs, particularly those of low therapeutic ratio, may well-documented as Conn. require adjustment when starting or stopping concomitantly administered diltiazem vasculitis, have been reported. However, a definitive cause and effect relationship to maintain optimum therapeutic blood levels. between these events and CARDIZEM therapy is yet to be established. Beta-blockers. Controlled and uncontrolled domestic studies suggest that Prescribing Information as of April 1993 Though members of the Department concomitant use of CARDIZEM and beta-blockers is usually well tolerated, but Marion Merrell Dow Inc. available data are not sufficient to predict the effects of concomitant treatment in of Pennsylvania congratulate South Kansas City, patients with left ventricular dysfunction or cardiac conduction abnormalities. MO 64114 Administration of CARDIZEM (diltiazem hydrochloride) concomitantly with propra- Carolina on creating a Post in a nursing ccdba493p nolol in five normal volunteers resulted in increased propranolol levels in all home, they are proud of their own nurs- subjects and bioavailability of propranolol was increased approximately 50%. In vitro, propranolol appears to be displaced from its binding sites by diltiazem. If ing home Post— Post 835 at the HoUi- combination therapy is initiated or withdrawn in conjunction with propranolol, an adjustment in the propranolol dose may be warranted. (See WARNINGS.) daysburg State Veterans Center. CImetidine. A study in six healthy volunteers has shown a significant increase in peak diltiazem plasma levels (58%) and area-under-the-curve (53%) after a 1-week Post 835 was permanently char- course of cimetidine at 1200 mg per day and a single of diltiazem dose 60 mg. tered in 1979. Pennsylvania also has a Ranitidine produced smaller, nonsignificant increases. The effect may be mediated by cimetidine's known inhibition of hepatic cytochrome P-450, the enzyme system newly chartered Post at Meadows responsible for the first-pass metabolism of diltiazem. Patients currently receiving dilhazem therapy should be carefully monitored for a change in pharmacological Manor Nursing Home, Post 339. effect when initiating and discontinuing therapy with cimetidine. An adjustment in the diltiazem dose may be warranted. Jamie L. Weaver Digitalis. Administration of CARDIZEM with digoxin in 24 healthy male subjects Public Relations increased plasma digoxin concentrations approximately 20%. Another investigator found no increase in digoxin levels in 12 patients with coronary artery disease. Department of Pennsylvania Since there have been conflicting results regarding the effect of digoxin levels, it is recommended that digoxin levels be monitored when initiating, adjusting, and discontinuing CARDIZEM therapy to avoid possible over- or under-oigitalization. (See WARNINGS.) Correction Anesthetics. The depression of cardiac contractility, conductivity, and automaticity as well as the vascular dilation associated with anesthetics may be potentiated by The photo caption on Page 40 of the calcium channel blockers. When used concomitantly anesthetics and calcium blockers should be titrated carefully June issue incorrectly identified John Cyclosporlne. A pharmacokinetic interaction beh/een dilliazem and cyclosporine has been observed during studies involving renal and cardiac transplant patients. Tyndall as Florida's Service Officer.

In renal and cardiac transplant recipients, a reduction of cyclosporine dose ranging He is, of course, the Service Officer for from 15% to 48% was necessary to maintain cyclosporine trough concentrations similar to those seen prior to the addition of diltiazem. If these agents are to be North Carolina. We regret the error. administered concurrently, cyclosporine concentrations should be monitored, especially when diltiazem therapy is initiated, adjusted, or discontinued.

The effect of cyclosporine on diltiazem plasma concentrations has not tieen evaluated.

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Rep. Christopher Cox (R-California) Rep. John J. Duncan Jr. (R-Tennessee)

In a democracy, when Even though I am one of the people speak, their the most conservative leaders listen. But what YES NO members of Congress, I if the people's representatives become believe term limits would do more harm disconnected from the voters and their than good, for these reasons: own political interests override those of • They correct a nonexistent prob- the electorate? lem. In the House, 203 members have To avoid this unacceptable situation, been elected in the past two years — our Founding Fathers set an excellent almost 60 percent just since 1990. example— they retired before the cobwebs set in. • There are already term limits— our elections. In the late 20th century, however, there emerged a new • Term limits will weaken Congress, but strengthen the class of politicians who are far less alarmed than their con- power of our unelected bureaucrats, lobbyists and congres- stituents about such outrages as institutional perks and pork- sional staff. Our already unresponsive federal government barrel spending. Today, we are all too familiar with the spec- will become even more of, by and for, the bureaucrat. tacle of committee chairmen who serve for decades with • Merit makes sense. Arbitrary time limits do not. ever-increasing staffs. • Term limits will hurt smaller states. California has 52 In 1991, 1 introduced legislation to oppose the use of tax- members of the House, but seven states have just one mem- payer funds to fight state term limits. I succeeded in forcing ber. Most states gain some influence in Congress through the first-ever vote in Congress on term limits, but my effort the seniority and experience of their members. went down on a party-line vote. • Term limits would have removed our greatest mem- During the 103rd Congress, I proposed changing our rules bers—Everett Dirksen, Howard Baker, Sam Raybum and so that no Republican could serve more than three terms as many others— during their most effective years of service. ranking member of any committee. Now that the Republi- Newt Gingrich was elected in 1978 and would not even be cans hold the majority, no member will be able to serve as a in the House today if term limits were in place. committee chairman longer than three terms. • Our Founding Fathers wisely chose not to add term The new speaker. Newt Gingrich, went a step further. He limits to our Constitution. If we start tinkering now, in the imposed a limit on his own position, ensuring that the Speak- future they could add things like racial requirements or pro- er of the House— one of the most powerful posts in Ameri- hibitions against senior citizens. ca—can be held by one person for no longer than eight • Many term-limit backers are simply politicians seeking years. easier ways to open up more offices for themselves. Our work will not be completed, however, until term hm- • Experience is good. If you need major surgery, you its on every senator and representative guarantee that govern- generally do not want a beginning surgeon. Our government ment will be regularly infused with new blood, new ideas needs major surgery now. and a renewed commitment to serving the popular will. Much of the impetus for term limits has come from liber- Since Colorado became the first to do so in 1990, 29 tarians who want a smaller, less expensive government, as I states have imposed term limits on their representatives and do. But the best way to accomplish this is by electing more senators. I myself am subject to a term limit. By California conservatives to Congress. Sometimes that means voting for law, I cannot serve beyond 1998. a good newcomer, and sometimes even for a good incum- But a federal term limit is needed so that all members are bent. subject to the same rules. Last year, I sponsored a constitu- Columnist Llewellyn Rockwell, a libertarian, wrote tional amendment to accomplish just that, but the congres- recently: "The November election shredded all kinds of con- sional leadership wouldn't ventional wisdom. Voters even allow a vote on it. YOUR OPINIONS COUNT, TOO kicked out the incumbents We should make it crys- they didn't like, and kept Senators and congressmen are interested in constituent view- tal clear that our represen- points. You may express your views by writing Tlie IHonorable the ones they did like. tation in Washington isn't (name), U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 20510, or The IHonorable Term limits have proved to anyone's personal proper- (name), U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515. be at best superfluous, and Or, you may call the U.S. Senate at: (202) 224-3121; and the ty—it belongs to the Amer- Republicans should scrap House at (202)225-3121. ican people. the idea."

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Legionnaires will have many opportu- nities to reminisce. Four theaters within the Convention Center will show WWII-related films, including documentaries and Movie Tone News clips from the Military Channel and History Channel. This film festival will run from Friday to Mon- day. During the week, WWII veterans can tape-record their recollections of the war for others to hear. N INDIANA As part of the commemorations of the 50th anniversary of V-J Day, Legionnaires will parade through downtown Indianapolis on Saturday, Sept. 2. The parade also will feature authentic WWII equipment and may include a fly-over of WWII vintage air- craft as well. A Patriotic Religious Ser- vice on Sunday morning will pay trib- ute to the sacrifice of WWII veterans. The WWII theme will be visible in sight and sound throughout the conven- tion. The National Commander's Ban- quet will be less like a banquet and more like a stage door canteen, with Big Band music, dancing and WWII- related decorations. And before the start of the general sessions, delegates will be treated to half an hour of '40s tunes. As in World War II, Legionnaires will roll up sleeves to help their country during the convention blood drive.

Conducted Friday Sept. 1 and Tuesday Sept. 5, the drive's goal is 200 units. For the convenience of convention- goers, a free shuttle service will be offered to and from outlying hotels, beginning Friday and running until Wednesday. This includes transporta- tion to downtown for the Saturday morning color guard competi- DOME, SWEET tion at the Convention Center DOME—The and the senior band competi- RCA Dome and tion at the Circle Theatre. the adjacent Delegates and their families Convention will have plenty of time to Center will be enjoy the tourist attractions, the site of the HE ROAR of the Brick- Headquarters at 700 N. Legion's 77th including the Indianapolis yard 400 will have barely Pennsylvania St. is a must. National Motor Speedway and Conner quieted by the time The Emil A. Blackmore Convention. Prairie, a recreated Indiana set- Legionnaires and their Museum on the fourth floor tlement of the 1800s. families make their own is packed with war memorabilia from Legionnaires traveling to Indianapo-

speed run into Indianapolis World War I to Desert Storm. On the lis will discover why the city is dubbed for the 77th National Con- third floor, you can view the original the Crossroads of America: It's easy to vention, Aug. 31 -Sept. 6. draft of the GI Bill of Rights. get to. Most cities have direct flights to In a last-minute U-turn, Legion staff will be on hand to give Indianapolis International Airport. And the convention was moved from the guided tours of the headquarters build- for many Legionaires the city is usually scheduled site of Portland, Ore., to Indi- ing throughout the event. no more than a day's drive by car. anapolis. So, Legionnaires will motor Fittingly, the convention convenes For those driving in, Hoosier Le- into the Circle City for the second time during the 50th anniversary of the end gionnaires will be manning major inter- in five years. of World War II. With the theme state rest areas, providing refreshments For Legionnaires, a tour of National "World War II Commemorated," and information.

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simple undertaking. The Founding need of its passage grew from a 1989 By Rep.William Jefferson Fathers intended it to be that way. Two- Supreme Court decision, Texas v. John- thirds of the House (290 Members) and son. The court narrowly ruled, 5-4, that APRIL, a proposed con- Senate (67) must agree to pass the leg- burning an American Flag was "pro- stitutional amendment that islation, then three-fourths of the tected" as free speech. The case arose would permit the individual states— 36— must ratify the amendment following a demonstration at the states to enact legislation within seven years. Republican National Convention in nNbanning physical desecration Throughout our history, constitu- Dallas in 1984. Gregory Johnson and a of the flag was intro- group of fellow protesters burned duced in the Congress. a flag outside the convention hall After much careful as part of their protest. Texas deliberation, I became authorities convicted Johnson of an original cosponsor of the flag desecration under existing amendment. My decision came Texas law. The Supreme Court not without considerable anguish, decision overturned not only the particularly over the principle of Texas law, but also flag-protec- amending the Constitution. tion statutes in 47 other states In the final analysis, however, and the District of Columbia. it came down to this: If we are The American public was out- not willing to stand up for our raged then and continues to be flag, what will we stand up for? outraged today. Public-opinion To those who say this is a polls show that more than 80 per- First Amendment issue— an issue cent of all Americans favor pro- of free speech — let me remind tection of the flag. Following the them that there are several restric- 1989 Supreme Court decision tions and limits on speech al- and a similar 5-4 decision in ready. One cannot libel or slander 1990 in another flag desecration another without fear of legal retri- case, three out of four Americans bution. One cannot advocate the believed the only way to protect assassination of the President the flag was through a constitu- without the Secret Service be- tional amendment. coming extremely interested in Nearly 40 years ago in the hot his or her speech. As Supreme summer of 1957, Dr. Martin Court Justice Felix Frankfurter Luther King was beginning his pointed out so eloquently many dream of equality for all Ameri- years ago, our right to free speech cans. At a citizenship education does not extend to yelling "Fire!" program that summer. King said in a crowded theater. No, this is there was glory in citizenship, not a free speech issue. Rather, it and that we don't want haters. is a matter of personal responsibility. BURNING ISSUE—The Supreme Court's Our country, he said, may not be all we 1989 Texas v. ruling it "all Surely, desecrating a U.S. Flag- Johnson made want it to be, but that would change. rigtit" to burn the U.S. Flag. Amending burning a flag— is abhorred by society, Respect your country; honor its flag. the Constitution is the only way to cor- and our society has the right to demand We have come a long way as a rect this Injustice. that such activity be punished. Reflect- nation since 1957. Dr. King's dream ing that sentiment, my home state of still lives — the American dream per- Louisiana in 1991 was the 21st of 49 tional amendments have proved the sists. In the words of Charles Evan states so far to pass a resolution urging only path for redress of serious societal Hughes, the 11th Chief Justice of the

Congress to approve a flag-protection ills in our country. Women's suffrage, U.S. Supreme Court, "This flag means amendment. for example, was accomplished through more than association and reward. It is Amending the Constitution is no a constitutional amendment, as was the the symbol of our national unity." abolition of slavery after the Civil War. It is now our time to do our patriotic Rep. William Jeffer- The Fourteenth Amendment recognized duty, to keep faith with the American son of Louisiana, who former slaves as citizens and the Fif- people who sent us to Washington. was elected to the teenth gave them the right to vote. No Passing this flag-protection amendment House of Representa- one could deny that these amend- adds one more strand to the fabric tives in 1990, is serv- ments—controversial as they were at woven by preceding generations— the ing his third term in the time— made our society better. fabric of freedom, symbolized by our office. This proposed amendment and the flag.

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war and domestic turmoil, it has persevered as a symbol of unity, sacrifice, justice and Legion's national resolve. To a vast majority of Americans the flag represents the hope, freedom and values that we hold. Citizens Flag Alliance Millions of Americans including myself believe that our flag should be protected. Legislative Action Line In fact a 1994 Gallup Survey revealed that 81% of Americans believe that the flag should be protected against public physical desecration. Many Americans have fought and died to protect the First Amendment. Nothing proposed in the flag protection amendment will prevent anyone from saying anything they want about our government, 1-900-773-1776 our leaders or even our flag. What this amendment will do is make a special provision for the American Flag that will protect it against physical acts that most Americans find (The total cost is only $7.95) profoundly offensive.

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BANNER DAY—Third graders at Pleasant Street School, Athol, Mass., participated in the contest. AMERICA

"It has a flag, trees and clouds. The flag stands for the United States of America. All the Presidents saluted it." Brett Jeffrey - Kindergarten FREEDOM "Freedom means malting your own rules. But we must have rules or else every thing would be crazy. People fought for freedom back then. So when you salute the flag, you are saluting the people who fought for our country."

Harry J. Moraga - Grade 4 THE GRAND OLD FLAG

"This is my school. The children are holding each other's hands and holding the flag. The flag holds our

country. The rainbow holds all the colors." Elizabetfi Ramsdell - Kindergarten

America by Bfett Jeffrey kindergarten Freedom by Harry J. Moraga grade 4

22 THE AMERICAN LEGION PATRIOTIC P{)P\LS—Displaying their posters are A Basket For Brothephood by Billy Devereau grade 6 fourth graders at Pleasant Street School. Contest win- ners received savings bonds.

ERHAPS the most pre- cious thing about chil-

dren is that they speak from the heart. That heartfelt expression was never more evident than

in Massachusetts this year when more than 1,000 students from kindergarten to sixth grade par- ticipated in a poster contest sponsored by The Citizens Flag Alliance, Inc. On these pages are the creations of some of the contest winners from the Athol- The Grand Old Flag by Elizabeth Ramsdell KtNDERGmEN Royalston School District. The American Legion salutes these young Americans. llui

JULY 1995 23 The Changes Earth Needs by Krystin M. Rice grade 4 My Freedom by Ian Peterson grade 3 WHAT THE FLAG MEANS TO ME

"Red stands for courage, valor and strength. White conveys purity, light and peace. Blue represents truth, loyalty and fidelity. The stripes signify unity of purpose as exemplified by the 13 original states. The stars represent our 50 states dedicated to freedom and democracy." Angela Przymusik - Grade 3 MY FREEDOM "My freedom was made possible by my family. They defended our country for all of us." Ian Peterson - Grade 3 THE FLAG

"The flag is freedom. I will be loyal to The United States of America byJosiah White grades the flag. At school in the morning I do the Pledge of Allegiance with all the other kids. We all stand on our line and put our hand over our heart and face the flag. There is a flag in front of the library and in front of people's houses. On the Fourth of July, we put our flag out at our house." Elizabeth Benoit - Grade 2 FLAG SCHOOL

"The children love the flag so much that when they are in school or plays they always look at It." Kimberly Bassett - Grade 2 REMEMBER "We should remember the important people in the United States past. We shouldn't take the things they did for granted. We shouldn't take our freedom for granted either."

Kevin Hausherr - Grade 3 Flag School by Kimberly Bassett GRADE 2

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Having Fun Hannah Chieffo grade 1 W-I-N-N-E-E-S

F i r s I I^ 1 a c e K Elizabeth Ramsdell Raymond SchnnI 1 Hannah Chieffo Fllpn Rinplnw

2 Kimberly Bassett rictyiiiLiMu ooi lULii 3 Kevin Hausherr Silver Lake School 4 Krystin Rice Riverbend School 5 Peter Arsenault Riverbend School 6 James White So. Royalston

S e c o tt J Place K Gregory Hager Silver Lake School 1 Keith Cosentino Ellen Bigelow 2 Elizabeth Benoit Ellen Bigelow 3 Angela Przymusik Sanders Street School 4 Amanda Trombly So. Royalston 5 Molly Biechele Pleasant Street 6 Kate Mitchell Riverbend School

T L i r J Place K Natalie Marble CCD Centerm 1 Nicholas Kessler Silver Lake School 2 Amanda McLaren Pleasant Street 3 Billy Sawin Pleasant Street 4 Cameron Cycz Ellen Bigelow 5 Josiah White So. Royalston 6 Billy Devereau So. Royalston

M e m I i o im K Alyssa Cass Silver Lake

Siiri Raton Pleasant Street Brett Jeffrey Raymond 1 Kaitlyn Stolaroff Sanders Street 2 Eric DeJackome Ellen Bigelow 3 Bethany Labrie Sanders Street Jared Bourbeau So. Royalston 4 Matt Tibbs Silver Lake Stormi Knight Ellen Bigelow Jen Gatautis Pleasant Street Harry J. Moraga Riverbend School 5 Nichole M. Griffith So. Royalston Adam Graichen Riverbend School 6 Danny Santana Pleasant Street

Clk a i IT mm a im s Award! Ian Peterson Grade 3 Pleasant Street

JULY 1995 25 Pofriofism isn't Just a concept soys enferfoiner Pat Boone. Ifs o prescription for individuoi beliovior

fT- Y DICTIONARY de- noticed by anybody but close family fines patriotism as "love and friends. They live long, produc- of country and devotion tive, quiet lives and are buried with to its welfare." A patriot very little fanfare. But they are true is "one who loves his American patriots. (or her) country and They are the accountants who sup- zealously supports its port their families, take them to

interests." I agree with churches or synagogues, pay every that definition. Howev- nickel of their taxes and advise their

er, I think too many of clients to do the same. They are the us confuse patriots with homemakers — wives and mothers — heroes. who not only raise, train and nourish

When I think of heroes, I think of their kids, but are active in the PTA, Nathan Hale, who regretted he had Brownies, Cub Scouts and the Ladies "but one life to give for his country." I Auxiliary. think of Adm. and They are the gas station attendants "Damn the torpedoes. Full speed who walk the precincts, getting out the ahead!" I think of George Washington vote for city councilmen, not just pres- praying at Valley Forge, and Patrick idents and governors. They are the Henry exclaiming, "Give me liberty or high school civics teachers who love give me death!" their subjects and their students, and I think of Robert E. Lee, U.S. actually awaken in some of them a Grant, Davy Crockett, Douglas sense of pride in America, and a sense MacArthur, Stonewall Jackson, Admi- of personal responsibility. ral Nimitz, Stormin' Norman Schwartzkopf, Colin Powell, Colin THEY ARE local preachers, not Kelly — the boys at — nationally known TV evangelists, Olympic athletes like Tommy Moe and but gentle, loving men and women Nancy Kerrigan, Rafer Johnson and who are Good Samaritans and some- George Foreman, who raised Ameri- how inspire their little congregations can flags instead of clenched fists. to reach out to the hurting and needy These are heroes— men and women around them. They are the volunteers, who rose to challenges, met crisis and involved in a thousand worthy causes, physical danger, faced death and political, social, humanitarian and defeat, and won. They saved lives, spiritual, who give and give and give conquered armies, stared death in the some more, never expecting anything face, and became heroes. in return personally—just the satisfac- But I think the true American patri- tion of having made a difference. ot is something different. Yes, some They are the cops who walk the American patriots may be public beat and believe in the rules that hold ways and subways, work two or three heroes, but the American patriots I'm a society together. They can be a little jobs and still volunteer for worthy talking about never make headlines, tough and cynical sometimes, because causes, write their congressman, buy are singled out for awards or even are they see so much of the worst of us — American if they can, pray for their but they risk their lives every day, try- President (even if they didn't vote for Entertainer, author and motivation- ing to give each of us a chance at the him), and sing The Star-Spangled al speaker Pat Boone delivered this best in us. Banner at public functions with a speech to the Americanism Education- These — and so many others — are lump in their throats and tears in their al League in Los Angeles on Feb. 26, my idea of the American patriot. eyes. 1994. They're quiet, hard-working, honest, The rest of the world still envies Reprinted by permission of Vital sharing, neighborly people. They vote, America. And it's not because of our Speeches. go to Sunday school, clog the free- heroes — they all have their own. It's

26 THE AMERICAN LEGION But when the hearse and funeral cortege of long black limousines arrived at the only entrance of the Nashville cemetery, they couldn't enter. There was a steady procession of people entering the cemetery at that time, and they were blocking the entrance completely. The youngest son of the deceased wealthy man got out of his car and stomped up to the state trooper who was directing traffic. "What's the' holdup here? We have one of the wealthiest and most influential men in this part of the country in our hearse,

and we're being held up. What is this procession, and who are they coming to bury anyway?" The state trooper looked at the young man with an icy, almost pitying countenance. He said, "Son, I'm sorry you and your small group EVERYDAY of limousines are being held up PEOPLE— this way. This crowd will be by in just a few minutes, and then

Patriots come I'll let you in. in individual "Who are they burying? Somebody I'm sure you never packages. heard of. She was a small They're quiet, woman, a crossing guard at a liard-working, big elementary school here. She stood directing traffic, like I am lionest right now, and helped thousands citizens who of kids get safely across the take pride street to their classes and safely home after school. in their "All these people are the country and grateful parents and relatives, community. teachers and friends, and many because of the millions of American it wholesale or in of them the kids themselves patriots and what they've accom- quantity. It comes in who are now grown up, coming plished together. It's because of the individual packages, and it's exhibited to pay their last respects." The trooper American spirit: that contagious, mys- in lifelong, often anonymous commit- paused, then added, "It looks like terious and dynamic "CAN DO" force ment—and each package I call an more people knew her, and hated to that ties us together, that unites us into American patriot. see her go, than the folks in your lim- a family of 250 million people, but Here's a story I share with you, by ousines." that also influences individual behav- way of example. A very wealthy man That little, nameless lady— that ele- ior, even when nobody's looking. had died in my hometown, Nashville, mentary school crossing guard— is my Yes, that force, that spirit, has Tenn. A small but luxurious funeral idea of a true American patriot. She's made us still the envy and role model procession was put together, befitting the very kind of person who makes of the whole world. But you can't buy the economic status of the deceased. America unique in human history.

JULY 1995 27 INTERVIEW ROGER ROBINSON

RET^ORIVI We cannot give Russia liuge sums of money and expect democracy and capitaiism to grow. We must tioid tlieir leaders accountabie and support smaii business ttiere.

HEN the Soviet Union was ingly stable currency. But since "Black still a monolithic "evil Tuesday," when the ruble lost almost 25 empire" in 1982, Roger percent of its value in a single day, the econ- Robinson, then an econo- omy has been on much less certain footing. mist and senior staff mem- One of the problems is Chechnya. The ber of the National Security conflict there represents a substantial blow

Council, foresaw the col- to the economy near-term, as it has forced lapse of the Soviet bloc. the Russian government to amend its 1995 But what has replaced budget upward to the tune of several billion communism? Is it capitalism? Or chaos? dollars. This has negative implications for News reports detail a Russian economy everything from the International Monetary featuring the worst of communism- Fund's willingness to support the Russian unprofitable, heavy industries operating budget and currency, to higher inflation, to only because of expensive government sub- further ruble depreciation. sidies—and the worst of capitalism — eco- nomic insecurity, corruption and growing unemployment. 11. In light of this, is Russia making any Will this hodgepodge of leftover communism and fron- headway on economic and political change? tier capitalism cripple the new states of Eastern Europe and A There has been progress in several key areas, notably Central Asia? Will the Russian military be dispatched to privatization and the scheduled plan to begin closing settle more internal conflicts, as happened in Chechnya? large state-owned factories. These steps are significant, but Those are important questions to Robinson, who has vis- reformers have still not adequately addressed the issues of ited Russia regularly for the past 20 years. His consulting private ownership or stock custody— obstacles to building firm, RWR, Inc., based in Washington, D.C., provides a functioning capitalist society. strategic and risk analysis to investors considering business The situation on political reform is less positive. The ventures in Russia and elsewhere around the world. Chechen conflict has revealed alarming divisions within In this interview with THE AMERICAN LEGION MAGA- President Yeltsin's government and has shown him to be ZINE, he describes Russia as a nation beset by turmoil and increasingly isolated and under the influence of hard-line apprehension. former communists, and military and state security officials. Yeltsin's conduct of the war in Chechnya has distanced American Legion Magazine : Many experts say him from the democratic movement in Russia and persuad- Russia is muddling its way along the path of economic ed the West that this leader— long portrayed as a champion reform. Do you agree? of democracy — is now increasingly authoritarian.

ROGER ROGINSON: Yes. Until last autumn, Russian Q. What about the Russian military? economic reform was proceeding rather well, with monthly A The military appears to be in worse shape than many inflation rates down into the single digits and an increas- suspected. Minister of Defense Pavel Grachev predict-

28 THE AMERICAN LEGION " ".

1^ ed before the Chechen invasion that he could the HIGHLIGHTS rebel forces within a matter of days, if not hours. The debilitating battle for Grozny lasted for months, and the conflict spread to the countryside. The military is demoralized, short of supplies and with- Rog&v RohuUofV Oi/i,. . out effective leadership or communications. For example, in early December, before the invasion began in earnest, a Russia's military: T/ie military appears to be Russian armored column reportedly made its way to the presidential palace in Grozny without meeting any resis- in worse sliape tlian many suspeoted. it

tance. Unable to obtain further instructions, it had to with- is demoralized, stiort of supplies, and draw. wifiiouf effective leadership." Like the government, military leadership is also divided and bitter. Two top generals have abandoned Yeltsin over Economic cliange: "There has been the Chechen conflict and may be contenders for the presi- dency in 1996. It is also possible that inexperienced con- progress in several areas, notably scripts with light armor were thrown into Chechnya by dis- privatization and the scheduled plan to senting senior officers to embarrass Yeltsin politically. begin closing state-owned factories.

Q. But are there any signs that capitalism is taking The Russian Mafia: "Ihere is no doubt that root? organized crime bosses are collaborating A Small to medium-sized enterprises have more capital available for start-up purposes than in the past. Never- with high-ranking military and state theless, the entrenched system of patronage, as well as security officials." organized crime, have seriously impeded progress. Yeltsin is struggling to preserve the perception in the West that Boris Yeltsin: "His health remains a troubled large-scale privatization is still on track. However, the rise in anti-reform forces has created a chill on the investment mystery with charges of alcoholism and side that will be difficult to overcome. erratic behavior on the rise both in Also often overlooked are the regional leaders of such Russia and abroad. Please turn to page 57

JULY 1995 29 THE SPRATLY ISLANDS

By Perry Wood isle, Itu Aba, is less than two-thirds of a mile long and one-third of a mile wide— about six city blocks long and AY 20, 1997. ..In the three city blocks wide. pre -dawn hours, Viet- Size is deceiving, however, for these namese commando units rocks may offer benefits far out of pro- launch several attacks portion to their surface area. Under the against American-oper- International Law of the Sea, each of ated oil rigs near the the islands owns all of the oil and other Spratly Islands in the resources within a 200-mile radius of . The its shores. While the precise oil poten- attacks on the rigs, tial of the region is unknown, the vari- licensed by the Americans from the ous claimants profess extravagant Chinese, are seen as a response to expectations: An internal Chinese gov- China 's recent seizures of Vietnamese- ernment document speculated that the held islands in the area. China, Viet- area contained oil reserves worth $1 nam and three other countries all claim trillion. the Spratly Islands. The islands also are strategically An unknown number of American positioned near major sea and air-traf- oil workers die in the attacks. The Pres- fic corridors, making it possible for a ident has ordered the U.S. Navy to res- force based in the Spratlys to gain a cue the remaining workers, since the stranglehold over the region. The Impe- Chinese appear unable or unwilling to rial Japanese Navy occupied the islands protect them. Navy officials express for precisely that reason during World confidence in their ability to evacuate War n, establishing a base the workers, but fear possible losses and airfield on Itu Aba. from mines laid by both sides in the conflict. In the past month, two mer- IX DREAMS of wealth and chant ships have sunk after being power with the disputed owner-

struck by mines that drifted into inter- I ship of the Spratlys and you have national sea lanes. Tensions in the area an explosive cocktail. China, are high. The Malaysian and Filipino and Vietnam all claim the entire archi- militaries are on alert. Farther north, pelago as part of their "historical" terri- Korea monitors unfolding events with tory; more modest stakes to parts of the an eye toward turning the situation to THROUGHOUT island chain have been voiced by its own advantage. . .. HISTORY, SOME OF Malaysia, the and even tiny The scenario above depicts another . Yet none of these states made nasty, small-scale military conflict that THE TINIEST STRIPS any official attempt to annex the islands could cost American lives and require a OF LAND HAVE BEEN before 1945. Indeed, an official Chi- U.S. military response. In other words, FLASH POINTS FOR nese survey of the South China Sea a typical post-Cold War skirmish. published in 1928 describes the Paracel But could a flare-up in this little- WAR. COULD THE Islands, a string of islands located known area of the Pacific drag the SPRATLY ISLANDS many miles north of the Spratlys, as United States into a regional war with BE NEXT? China's "southernmost territory." the potential to rage out of control? To date, these six nations remain At first glance, the Spratly Islands unwilling to negotiate a resolution to seem an unlikely international hot spot. They are a collection of some 33 tiny their dispute, largely because none of islands and rock formations scattered them appears ready to share the natural Perry Wood is an expert in Asian across a wide area of the South China bounty believed to exist in the seabed political and security issues at the Sea. Most are mere rocks jutting from around the Spratlys. And they are back- Hudson Institute, a think tank based in the placid surface of the ocean, many ing up their aspirations with force: All Indianapolis. underwater at high tide. The largest Please turn to page 59

30 THE AMERICAN LEGION JULY 1995 binoculars, you can see the Washington teem with hordes of urban vacationers Monument, 77 miles to the east. trying— paradoxically — to "get away But clear days have become a rarity from it all." They have become breed- at Shenandoah. Great swells of air pol- ing grounds for crime as well as animal lution from America's heartland regu- life. Rampant mining and industrializa- larly roll in to cloak these vistas in a tion steadily encroach on the ecology, gray-white haze. "On some days, you and the delightful fragrance of pine and can't even see to the valley floor," says honeysuckle is giving way to the stench Julie Thomas, manager of the park's air of sulfur dioxide and the other atmos- quality program. She says employees pheric byproducts of manufacturing. and visitors sometimes get headaches Such are the threats that have "erod- By Gary Turbak from breathing the air, while acid rain ed the well-being of these precious may be destroying streams and vegeta- areas," according to Paul Pritchard, OR MOST of its 105 miles, tion. president of the National Parks and Skyline Drive winds along Nor is air pollution Shenandoah's Conservation Association (NPCA). the Blue Ridge Mountain only problem. According to Superin- backbone of 's tendent Bill Wade, the park also suffers Crowd Uncontrol Shenandoah National Park, from aging buildings, inadequate fund- "In many parks," says Pritchard, offering visitors a top-of- ing and wildlife-poaching along its "the most pervasive problem is crowd- the-world look at some of 350-mile border. ing." In 1993, the 367 units of the America's grandest scen- (NPS)— parks, ery. SHENANDOAH symbolizes the monuments, battlefields, seashores, his- To the West lies a pasture-studded plague that has descended on toric sites and other areas— drew 273 valley and beyond that the lush and America's park system. These million visitors, 10 times more than in seemingly endless mountains of West days, virtually every major national 1950. Virginia. On a clear day, with the aid of preserve is beset by air and water pollu- While Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, tion, crime, uncontrollable crowding, Bryce, Rocky Mountain, Mammoth Gary Turbak, a freelancer from insufficient funds for upkeep and a host Cave, Zion and others frequently suffer Missoula, Mont., wrote "Oceans of of other problems. Once pastoral places from overcrowding, Yosemite is the Energy" in the February issue of this where backpackers came to commune dubious champion. Hosting 4.1 million magazine. with the great outdoors, parks now visitors in 1994, "YosemiCity ," as

32 THE AMERICAN LEGION collected 600 pounds of the stuff.

And that's not the worst of it. Bath- room facilities become overtaxed, resulting in a sanitary nightmare. "When restroom facilities become inadequate, people don't hesitate to relieve themselves among the nearby trees," says Dapprich. Recently, Yosemite authorities closed Half Dome mountain to backpacker camp- ing, partly because of the growing accumulation of human feces. But often, says the NPCA's Pritchard, "the automobiles— not the some locals call it, is a scant 1 mile woman Lisa Dapprich, "we will proba- people — are the biggest problem." wide and only 7 miles long. But that bly need a day-use reservation system, According to the NPCA, 95 percent of strip of land brims with natural won- which essentially would require people all park visitors arrive by car, each of ders that entice visitors: El Capitan, to have a ticket to get into Yosemite." which burns gasoline and takes up Half Dome, Bridal veil and Yosemite Besides sapping the fun from every- space. Maureen Oltrogge, public affairs Falls. On any summer day, and espe- one's park visit, crowds can be hard on officer for Grand Canyon National cially holiday weekends, a seemingly resources and facilities. In some parks, Park, says that on a busy summer day at endless human horde streams east from what were once delicate trails are turn- that park's south rim, 6,500 vehicles the California coast to this mountain ing to deep, ugly trenches as thousands compete for 1,600 parking spaces. retreat— filling up campgrounds, eater- of feet daily trod over them. While the walls of that great chasm fall ies, roads and parking lots. Each day, a few dozen more tons of away into almost limitless space, the Lodging guests must book a year in garbage need to be removed. Other rim becomes a giant, creeping parking advance. Several times each summer, things need to be removed from parks, lot. Gridlock at Yosemite is legendary, rangers are forced to dam the river of too. Three years ago at the Statue of and Dapprich says that during 1992 and traffic headed into the valley and send Liberty National Monument, workers 1993 combined, drivers in Yosemite people elsewhere. spent weeks scraping old chewing gum collided with each other 1 ,237 times. "Eventually," says Yosemite spokes- from benches, walls and railings. They Bob Miller, spokesman for Great

JULY 1995 33 For poachers, the profits outweigh the risks. According to Time magazine, a single bear gall bladder can bring $64,000 in Asia, and a trophy-class bighorn sheep or grizzly may net the thief $10,000 to $25,000.

In The Air But for the Great Smoky Mountains, Shenandoah and

other parks, it's air pollution

that is a major concern. Bob Miller of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park verbally paints a picture of green spruce needles fading yellow; and broadleaf trees turning a fall-like brown and red in the middle of the summer— results of airborne toxins. Miller also says the visibility there has declined by 60 percent in the past 40 years: "The smoke that gave the Smoky Mountains their name was a natural bluish haze. What we have now is yellow smog."

Smoky Mountains National crowded parks are likely to Even in remote Acadia National Park, reports that auto get worse before they get Park in , the air is sometimes exhaust damages 70 better." Annual visits to urban-smoggy instead of country-clean. species of plants and con- parks could top 340 million "Many visitors are surprised to find the tributes to a worsening air pollution by the year 2000 and may hit half a bil- same kind of air pollution at Acadia problem in that park, too. lion 10 years after that. that they thought they left behind in the The really bad news, says Pritchard, city," says Bob Breen, a park biologist. is that "problems associated with Crime Time Acadia and several other parks have Some among the madding park found it necessary to post air quality crowds are criminals. Vandals have advisories at entrances. spray-painted Native American pic- tographs, looted Civil War graves, THERE ARE other problems in the WANT TO HELP? blasted centuries-old petroglyphs with air. Military and tourist flights shat- HIS 1992 book, Regreening the bullets and tossed trash into delicate ter the silence sought by thousands IN National Parks, conservationist geothermal features. According to NPS of terrestrial tourists, and helicopters IVlicliael Frome suggests several 1993 crime statistics, there were 6,200 occasionally disrupt wildlife habitats ways to improve the parks: disorderly conduct offenses and 3,400 with extremely low flyovers. were caught with illegal firearms — Aircraft problems are most serious Set standards for entry into the both all-time highs that nearly doubled at Grand Canyon National Park. bigger parks. 1992's figures. Overall, criminal According to the air tour industry, 43

Reduce automobile access in offenses in the parks increased from companies annually make 80,000 flights over the canyon, showing the some places and eliminate it in oth- 58,568 in 1992 to 88,473 in 1993. ers. Poachers pose a double-edged threat area to 800,000 tourists. In 1986, two to parks: They remove natural wildlife sightseeing aircraft collided over the Determine the human carrying beauty and they disrupt the parks' bal- canyon, killing 25 people. capacity of each park, then limit ance of nature. numbers of visitors to provide opti- People steal everything from butter- Border Patrol mum enjoyment rather than maxi- flies to trumpeter swan eggs to mam- From Lake Okeechobee in south- mum use. moth bull elk. Last August, poachers central Florida, a great turtle of a river

, 500- Establish vast quiet zones free of even killed and beheaded a 1 crawls imperceptibly southward. This automobiles, snowmobiles, dune pound bison just 150 yards from a massive, moving swamp is 40 miles to buggies, powered boats, and low- major road in Yellowstone. "Some 70 miles wide, but only a few feet flying airplanes and helicopters. poachers see parks as a kind of free deep. We call it— and the national park meat market, but most of them do it to at its southern tip— the Everglades. Re-evaluate the need for conces- make money," says Pat Ozment, law Once one of the world's most pris- sionaires and downplay selling in enforcement specialist at Yellowstone. tine and productive giant wetlands. parks. "Penalties have not been tough enough Everglades National Park is in deep Please turn to page 63 to act as a good deterrent, but this is trouble. Upstream diversions have getting better." Please turn to page 62

34 THE AMERICAN LEGION By Don Olderiiiurg

OR THE first time in the 27 years since he the wake of growing numbers of claims of near-miraculous returned from Vietnam, Purple-Heart veteran recoveries from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). In a Lee Mohen Jr. is picking up the pieces of the few reported cases, a single one-hour EMDR session has puzzle that his life became after 16 months of defused the psychological after-effects of patients trauma- brutal combat. tized by combat, rape, natural disasters, accidents and child- Nightmares don't shatter his sleep as often hood sexual abuse. Cases like Mohen's, which are the result anymore. He's commg to grips with unex- of repetitive traumas, take longer to unravel, but still only a plained throes of guilt. What at times has been fraction of the time required by standard PTSD therapies. an impenetrable fog of depression is lifting. Last spring, Mohen's symptoms had worsened to the Though it's difficult, he can now verbalize his point where he could no longer hold a job. With a failed mar- worst memories of 1966 at An Hoa— traumatiz- riage and a life racing nowhere, he sought help at the Depart- ing events that in the past he couldn't broach ment of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Baltimore, even with therapists or his wife. where PTSD specialists had begun supplementing conven- "This is the beginning," says the former Marine Corps tional therapies with the new treatment two years earlier. sergeant with the 2nd Bn., 5th Rgt. "This is the first time I've Mohen feels that EMDR may well have saved his life. felt a little bit of something called hope." "They've helped me so much," says the 47-year-old, whose What brought hope to Mohen 's life is a controversial ongoing mix of therapies have rekindled his lifelong dream treatment for the deep psychological wounds that disrupt the of becoming a teacher. "We've still only scratched the sur- lives of some combat veterans. Called Eye Movement face, but I'm willing to work to get it done." Desensitization and Reprocessing— EMDR— the once-litde- Daniel Merlis, director of the Trauma Recovery Programs known procedure recently has grabbed national headlines in at the Baltimore VA Medical Center, supervised Mohen's

JULY 1995 35 treatment. Merlis says that in 20 years fingers back and forth, about 20 of treating PTSD, he has "tried just times, across his line of vision. about everything" and found nothing His eye-focus shifts rapidly with "as amazingly rapid and enormously the movement. She stops abrupt- useful" as EMDR in resolving traumat- ly and asks him to close his eyes ic memories. Of the 100 or so patients and "get a read-out" of what he has treated with EMDR— including he's thinking. U.S. veterans from every military He tells her he is still angry action dating back to World War II— and can't exactly explain the he estimates that 90 percent have rage he's feeling. Unlike tradi- derived a significant benefit. tional "talk psychotherapy," the thera- The actual mechanics of EMDR are pist prods the patient only minimally. stunningly simple. Sitting close, thera- They repeat this process nine more pists rapidly wave two fingers back and times in less than 15 minutes; after forth horizontally through the patient's each eye movement, he closes his eyes, pauses, then describes his feelings. Sometimes she asks a question or two to draw out his response. After the fifth eye move- ment and read-out, the pa- tient's remarks grow more benign. Two eye movements later and it's as if a light bulb has gone off in his head. His posture shows relief; his face seems to be saying, "I should've known." Calmly, MIND'S EYE— he says he realizes now why Vietnam this co-worker sets him off combat the charts emotionally. veteran Lee In Vietnam, he explains, if Mohen, right, were credits the you incompetent, people line of vision. The patient's eye-movement died. eyes track the rapid move- treatment for Another eye movement ment as if focusing on a putting his life and he recognizes that "the back on track. Ping-Pong match in fast for- stakes aren't so high" on this ward. job. Moments later, he con- In a videotape of an actual EMDR cludes the whole situation now seems session used to introduce the technique "sort of comical." After the final eye to mental health professionals, the movement and read-out, he appears client is a lean middle-aged man. genuinely relaxed and says there's "no Described as a veteran problem now— it's nice not to get lost and an experienced EMDR patient, he in the frustration and anger." sits in a chair opposite a female thera- While most sessions are more com- pist. plicated than the one on the videotape, She asks if anything specific had about 40 percent are resolved easily. been bothering him since the last ses- Many cases are closed after only one to

sion. Instead of one of the usual combat three sessions. "It looks simple and it episodes, he mentions an incompetent is," says California psychologist colleague at work, a brown-noser who Francine Shapiro, who stumbled upon has gained favor with the boss. the principle in 1987 while walking She instructs him to close his eyes through a local park contemplating her and "gather a sense of how you feel own problems. Of the sessions them- DOORWAY TO about it." He does. He says he's angry. selves, which typically last about 90 THE MIND— He can't get it out of his mind. minutes or more, Shapiro says, "It EMDR may to keep his doesn't for everybody, it Reminding him head work and help us see steady while following her fingers with doesn't work all the time. But it has a through, and his eyes, she then repeatedly jabs two good consistency rate." overcome, the As for why EMDR works — well, psychological Based in Washington, D.C., Don that remains something of a mystery. wounds of trauma. Oldenburg wrote "The Plots Thicken" Shapiro believes the eye movements in the February 1993 issue of this trigger a neurological mechanism simi- magazine. lar to what occurs during rapid-eye-

36 THE AMERICAN LEGION HANDS ON Although EMDR developer Franclne

Shapiro says it is "no miracle cure," veteran movement (REM) Eric Smith sleep, a dream stage believes the in which the mind therapy saved normally resolves his life. problems. Ordinar- ily, REM sleep is a natural defense that safeguards mental health by processing troubling informa- tion, retaining what's useful, discarding negative leftovers and enabling people to get on with their lives. Shapiro theorizes that severe trauma sabotages the nervous system so that what is perceived during the trauma gets trapped instead of processed. "That's what gives Vietnam veterans the flashbacks and rape victims the nightmares," she says. "With EMDR, we're stimulating the mechanism to process information that's dysfunction- ally locked in," thereby releasing the emotional stranglehold those memories of the trauma can have on their victims. Case in point: When the major earthquake hit southern California in the middle of the night last year, Ronald Doctor and his wife awoke when their bed moved across the floor. Things were falling off the walls. Run- ning out of the bedroom, she tripped over the mirror and broke her shoulder. For weeks after the quake, both showed symptoms of trauma. "My wife and I were afraid of the dark and afraid of going to sleep," says Doctor, a psy- chology professor specializing in trau- ma desensitization at California State University, Northridge. "We began sleeping on the couch in the family room, awake most of the nights." Unable to shake their anxiety, the Doctors opted for EMDR treatments.

"If we hadn't done it, I think the trauma would still be affecting our ability to Please turn to page 60

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NY veteran who has it simply does not have the funds to ing to pay for such broadening. VA is apphed to VA lately for treat anyone except veterans with ser- already well behind the inflation treatment of a health con- vice-connected conditions and those curve, its budget growing by just 3 A. dition knows that it's a considered "mandatory" because of percent each year, while health-care classic good news/bad their incomes. costs soar by 12 percent. news situation. The good news is that The Legion hopes to change that. The Legion will propose that VA VA's "Team" concept is working to At press time in May, Legion staffers be allowed not only to collect but also combat VA's legendary customer-ser- were drafting legislation to be present- retain funds it receives for treating vice problems. The American Legion ed to Congress later this year. If Medicare-eligible veterans and those has received numerous calls and let- passed, the legislation would radically with private medical insurance. Some ters complimentary to the new VA reform veterans' eligibility for VA 60 percent of veterans treated by VA attitude toward veterans seeking health care. are currently eligible for Medicare. health services. Veterans characterize The proposed revisions include The new retained revenue also VA employees as courteous, pleasant opening VA to all veterans regardless would include prescription co-pay- and more than willing to listen. of their income or whether their illness ments, currently $2 per prescription The bad news is that more and is service-connected. for a month's supply. Last year, VA more veterans are being turned away The snag, as always, is money. was required to return the $9 million it (albeit nicely). In spite of a $1 billion New legislation to broaden VA ser- collected in prescription co-payments increase in its FY95 budget, VA says vices depends on guarantees of fund- to the government's general fund.

Disaster Relief destroyed in the bombing, Ranck says Clinics Before Clean-ups that within 48 hours, a temporary VA FYI to syndicated columnist Bill Veterans wondering where the cuts claims office was up and running. Safire: Perhaps the next time you're in VA's health-care funding went need tempted to call for the dismantling of look no further than the Clinton the VA, you should first consult the Six-Figure Set-aside administration's controversial Ameri- embattled citizens of Oklahoma City. VA this year will buy at least $200 Corps program. Within two hours of the bombing on million worth of products and services But House Veterans Affairs Com- April 29, 1995, VA had mobilized at from women and minority-owned mittee Chairman Bob Stump and New local, regional and national levels to small businesses, an increase of 45 York Rep. Gerald Solomon are trying lend a hand to victims and rescue work- percent over previous years. to get the money back. They submitted ers. The VA Medical Center in Okla- The mandate is a result of a recent an amendment to the AmeriCorps homa City treated 12 casualties and VA agreement between VA's Office of funding bill, HR1158, to replace $206 medical staffs supplied on-site help at Small and Disadvantaged Business million shaved from veterans' health other facilities. Fourteen VA psycholo- Utilization and representatives of care in the FY95 rescission bill. The gists were sent in for community stress minority- and women-owned business- House passed the amendment handily, counseling, and VA's Post Traumatic es. It amounts to about 9 percent of and the Senate is expected to do so. Stress Disorder (PTSD) experts were total annual VA procurement, which The AmeriCorps program gives on hand to provide counseling. includes more than $1 billion for small college tuition money to students who Six VA X-ray technicians also businesses. To meet the goal, VA has clean up park sites, plant trees and assisted the mortuary teams and the instructed its 172 hospitals and 256 perform other types of community ser- medical examiner's office. In addition, clinics to seek out at least one new vice. AmeriCorps has been heavily VA provided sterilizing support, minority- or woman-owned business in criticized by lawmakers and veterans' equipment and supplies, and shower 1995. advocates. and sleeping space for rescue workers. VA has no such mandates for veter- Solomon says that restoring the VA's emergency assistance was an-owned businesses, which account funds "reserved for a flawed and funded by the Public Health Service, for about 8 percent of VA purchases. duplicative program like AmeriCorps according to Dave Ranck of the VA's Last year, VA spent $237.1 million is the least we can do for veterans." Emergency Medical Preparedness with veteran-owned businesses. VA would use the money for six Office: "VA has become very efficient Business owners can obtain current new outpatient clinics and some badly in dealing with disasters. The Califor- VA needs for products and services needed medical equipment. Stump nia earthquakes. Hurricane Andrew, through the on-line VA Vendor Bul- said the clinics are part of his commit- the midwest floods — we were there letin Board System that can be tee's VA health-care reform plan, for them all." reached with a modem-equipped com- which includes many Legion recom- Although two VA offices were puter by dialing 1-800-SELL-2-VA. mendations.

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jMERICA'S questioned 1 ,000 randomly stitutional amendment. support for a selected people over age 18. At press time in late I PUBUC OPINION ON In late I constitutional May, the House May, 97 organizations amendment to flag amendment bill, encompassing more than FLAG PROTECTION A I is a comparison of I protect the U.S. HJR79, had 272 cospon- 30 million Americans Below 1,000 randomly Flag remains extremely sors, just 18 shy of the 290 had joined the ranks of how selected people older than 18 strong, according to the re- required for the bill to pass. the Citizens Flag Al- answered the following ques- sults of a recent survey. There are 54 cosponsors of liance (CFA). tions about flag protection in In a March 1995 Gallup SIR 31 in the Senate, where Hearings on the 1992, 1994 and 1995. The survey, 79 percent of Amer- 14 more votes are needed House of Representatives margin or error for these sur- icans polled said they for passage. amendment were sched- veys is plus or minus 3.1 per- centage points. would vote for a constitu- Also, 49 state legisla- uled for May 24, and the tional amendment to protect tures, representing more Senate was expected to Do you believe that a con- stitutional amendment to pro- the flag. than 99 percent of the begin hearings in June. tect the flag from desecration The results are within American public, have "We must continue to would jeopardize your right to two percentage points of adopted memorializing res- turn up the heat," says freedom of speech? previous polls taken in 1994 olutions asking Congress to CFA President Daniel S. (Answer; No) and 1992. All three polls protect the flag with a con- Wheeler. 1995 1994 1992 76% 78% 77%

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VA Health Care Needs Overhaul HE CURRENT Appropriations Subcommit- Labor, Health and Human structure of the THE tee on VA, HUD and Inde- Services, Education and Veterans pendent Agencies) Related Agencies) IN CONGRESS T Health Admin- Veterans' employment Vocational rehabilita- istration (VHA) and training. Recommends tion and counseling. Sup- is unmanageable and needs several other issues involv- that the Disabled Veterans' ports wide-ranging changes an overhaul, Frank Buxton, ing veterans and national Outreach Program and the to improve the timeliness deputy director of the security, including: Local Veterans' Employ- and delivery of services and Legion's Veterans Affairs Illness. ment Representatives pro- success of the Voc Rehab and Rehabilitation division, Urged a full epidemiological grams be funded at $98.3 program. (House Veterans told the House Veterans study of Gulf War veterans. million and $86.3 billion, Affairs Subcommittee on Affairs Subcommittee on (House VA Subcommittee respectively. (House Appro- Education, Training, Em- Hospitals and Health Care. on Hospitals and Health priations Subcommittee on ployment and Housing) D In the testimony given Care and Senate Armed Ser- this spring, Buxton outlined vices Subcommittee on Per- the Legion's plan for reorga- sonnel) New York Student Wins National Oratoricai Contest nizing VHA, which is the FY 1996 Coast Guard agency responsible for VA's budget. Supports funding ARON Egner of Ballston health-care delivery system. the Coast Guard at $3.83 Lake, N.Y., is the win- Buxton recommended that billion, slightly higher than ner of the 1995 American instead of four medical its FY 1995 funding level. Legion National High regions, VHA should be (House Transportation and School Oratorical Contest. divided into 22 areas to bet- Infrastructure Subcommittee Egner, 17, son of David ter serve the health-care on Coast Guards and Mar- and liana Egner, will receive needs of veterans. itime Transportation) an $18,000 scholarship for "This system will place Space program. Sup- his speech, "Choosing Dem- health-care management ports funding to meet the ocracy," which he delivered decisions close to patients," program's goals. (House at the finals held in Harris- he told the congressmen. Science Subcommittee on burg, Pa., in April. Buxton also urged Con- Space and Aeronautics) He was sponsored in the gress not to reduce VA's FY 1996 Court of Vet- competition by Post 1450 of health-care appropriations as erans Appeals budget. Clifton Park, N.Y. A senior Aron Egner the reforms to Supports continued funding at agency adopts Shenendehowa Senior 1995 Oratorical Contest Winner make itself more efficient. for free veterans' legal ser- High School, Egner was The Legion testified on vices to the court. (House elected governor at the 1994 remam m power. New York American Legion "When you think of all Boys State and was attorney the brave American soldiers OAIMIMER OR PRIDE! general at last year's Legion who gave their lives to pre- Boys Nation. serve our democratic way of His winning speech was life, it's hard to consider on citizens' right to vote. standing in line at the voting "Voting makes us the master booth much of a sacrifice," of our fate, giving us the said Egner. ability to bring leaders to In order of finish, other power, or force them out of winners, prizes and their office," Egner told the audi- sponsors are: Mark Arimoto, ence at the finals. "It sends a $16,000, Post 1, ,

If your Post contributes to the National Emergency Fund strong, clear message to ; Brian R. Sapping- (NEF), it will receive ttiis bright yellow banner for your everyone who desires to ton, $14,000, Post 7, Huron, Post's colors. in dis- Re-established 1989, the NEF has govern us: that we, the peo- S.D.; and Whitney L. Jack- tributed more than $900,000 to Legionnaires and their ple, are the true rulers. We son, S.C., $12,000, Post 120, families in need of financial help after disasters. The only can elect you or we can Seneca, S.C. source of NEF funding is individual and Post donations. Send donations to: The National Emergency Fund, P.O. defeat you. You must re- About 25,000 high school Box 6141, Indianapolis, IN 46206. spond to our needs and gov- students participated in the ern us well or you will not national contest this year.

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LEGIONNAIRES DSS Indianapolis Memorial To Be Dedicated IN ACTION

[MEMORIAL Indianapolis Survivors Marine Corps are expected Post 370 of Louisiana, honoring the Memorial Association. to attend. Mo., dedicated a war USS Indiana- Survivors and families of Located along the canal memorial to all of those A \polis (CA-35) survivors are invited to the in downtown Indianapolis, who have served. I — the last ship dedication ceremonies Aug. the memorial is constructed Post 50 of Williams, sunk in World War II— will 2. Those interested should of black and gray granite Ore., is the final resting be unveiled in Indiana's call Travel One at (800) and mounted on an Indiana place for some of its former State capital on Aug. 2. 234-2214 for information limestone base in the shape members. The Post provides The Indianapolis deliv- about attending the dedica- of a ship's hull. The monu- a bronze plaque and space ered the bomb that ended tion. ment is engraved with the on the Post property for cre- World War II to "We're trying to get as names of the men aboard mated remains. Island on July 16, 1945. But many survivors and their the ship when she was sunk. Legionnaires Bob Martin later that month, just after families at this dedication as Along the perimeter of the and Tom McKeman of Post midnight on July 30, a possible," said Patrick Fin- monument is a tribute to 7, Chapala, Jalisco, Mexi- Japanese submarine torpe- neran, executive director of those involved in rescuing co, showed their cama- doed the 67 1-foot-long the association. "If you the crew. raderie by driving two-and- and her 1,197-man know of anyone who was a At press time, about one-half days to bring home crew. She sank in just 12 survivor or family of a sur- $50,000 was needed to fellow Legionnaire Kenneth minutes. About 880 men vivor, please tell them about cover the memorial's cost O. Johnson, who was in the were able to jump off into this ceremony." and upkeep. For more infor- VA hospital in San Antonio. the dark Pacific waters, The ceremony will be a mation, write or call: Post and Unit 126 of where for four days they formal military dedication, USS Indianapolis Forestville, Md., conducted battled sharks and exposure in which the Secre- Survivors Memorial an honors dinner for 1 1 out- while attempting to tary of the Navy, Association Inc. standing local teachers. stay afloat. Of the Chief of Naval Heslar Naval Armory The color guard of Post 3 316 who survived, Operations 1802 W. 30th St. of Kingsport, Tenn., con- as many as 190 are and Comman- Indianapolis, IN 46208 ducted 85 military funerals in still alive, according dant of the (317) 924-1484. the past year. to estimates by Post 411 of Islip, N.Y., the USS donated a $16,000 dialysis machine used nightly by Good Samaritan's Chronic Dialysis Center. Post 190 of Portsmouth, Va., gave disabled veteran Earl Jones Sr., a Legionnaire with Post 280 in Chesapeake, Va., $1,800 to travel to Eng- land to participate in the International British Wheel- POSTING SUCCESS FOR AWARDS chair Games. For the second consecu- is the winner of the NUMBER NUMBER OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF POSTS 100 PERCENT PERCENTAGE tive year, Post 283 of Pacific 1995 General John J. Pershing Delaware 32 10 31.25 Palisades, Calif., provided Honor Award given annually to the Mississippi 203 59 29.06 more than $60,000 for the American Legion Department that has Ohio 626 175 27.96 purchase of new equipment the greatest percentage of its Posts with Kentucky 176 44 25.00 for the VA Medical Center in 100 percent or more of the previous West Los Angeles. year's membership. Wisconsin 528 122 23.11 Arnold Hayes, a member In the competition year ending Dec. Puerto Rico 91 20 21.98 of Post 446, Warrensburg, 31 1994, 10 of the 32 Delaware Posts- Minnesota 595 119 20.00 , N.Y., has donated more than or 31.25 percent— retained increased North Dakota 226 42 18.58 or 21 gallons of blood. That their membership from last year. Listed Georgia 241 41 17.01 means by giving a pint at a are the top 10 Departments. Hawaii 30 5 16.67 time, he's visited blood banks more than 168 times .

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Spring Meeting ALL FOR OLD GLORY

Legion's National Executive Commit- tee (NEC) reaffirmed its commitment to the flag during the opening session of its Spring Meeting, May 2-4. The NEC unanimously approved Res. 8, allocating $2.8 million more to The Citizens Flag Alliance, Inc. (CPA) to continue campaigning for a constitu- tional amendment to protect the flag. "We've done the proper thing, something for America," said National Commander William M. Detweiler after the resolution passed. The funding came at a crucial time for the CPA. The House Judiciary Committee was scheduled to begin hearings on May 24 on the amendment to allow Congress and the states to pass laws protecting the flag from physical desecration. At press time, the House bill proposing the amendment had 269 cosponsors, and the Senate bill, 53. Forty-nine state legislatures, repre- senting 99 percent of the population of America, also have passed memorializ- ing resolutions calling for flag protec- tion. As of May, the CPA had grown to include 97 organizations representing 30 million Americans. "We have come too far to lose now," CPA President Daniel S. Wheel- er told the NEC. "This issue has been resurrected because of your hard work this year. If we were to quit now, the winners would be those who bum the flag." George Boucek, chairman of the Legion's National Finance Commis- sion, expressed his colleagues' support for the additional funding by saying, "We have to put our money where our mouth is." 'We need the same HE ATMOSPHERE inside MBNA, a corporate partner and the Indiana War Memorial provider of The American Legion deferminafion in couldn't have been more charge cards, is also backing the flag perfect for the occasion. campaign. As a CPA member, MBNA pressing for fiag the Reminders of patriotism will match any donation up to $100 amendment as we and sacrifice seemed to made on your Legion/ MBNA credit exude from every inch of card. Call 1 (800) 424-PLAG to make displayed during flie the grand auditorium. Here your credit card donation. in this hallowed hall deco- Other contributors convened at the Enola incident. Gay rated with red, white and blue bunting, war memorial, just south of the —WofV. Cmdr. Detweiler and guarded by gilded eagles, the Legion's National Headquarters. The

46 THE AMERICAN LEGION membership was more than 140,000

below where it was last year at the same time. Although membership gen- erated through direct mail has in- creased, she noted, the gain was more than offset by an apparent breakdown in more direct recruitment methods. "We must return to traditional mem- bership recruiting— one member asking an eligible veteran to join— and make people aware of the benefits of having Legion Posts in their communities," said Evans. South Carolina NECman E. Roy Stone Jr. urged Departments to try harder to keep Posts from canceling their charters. In the past seven years, EMERGENCY AID- said Stone, the Legion has lost 452 New York donated Posts, a drop from 15,334 in 1988 to $15,000 to the National Emergency 14,882 today. Fund. From left, "If this keeps up, we're not going to Department Department of Indiana craft should be placed in have enough members to fill this hall," Commander David donated $10,000 to the CFA, Varney; Alt. NECman museum that will exhibit it Stone said angrily. "We need to keep while the Department of William Brown; properly. these Posts. Once we're out of a com- Detweiler; and Georgia gave In Detweiler drew a paral- munity, we've lost our leverage." $1,000. internal Affairs f addition, the Departments of Chairman Herm lel between the Smithson- Stone asked the NEC to urge Illinois, Virginia, New Harrington. ian controversy and the Departments to make an "honest" effort Hampshire, California and CFA campaign, saying, to keep alive the 45 Posts who have Colorado turned in hundreds of peti- "We need the same determination in requested to cancel their charters this tions bearing the signatures of thou- pressing for the flag amendment as we year. "If we save even five, it's worth sands of Americans asking for a flag- displayed during the Enola Gay inci- it," he said. The NEC concurred and protection amendment. dent. We must not become apathetic." rejected the motion to cancel the Post At the NEC meeting, the Depart- charters. ments of North Carolina, Iowa, Ore- MEMBERSfflP gon, Kentucky, Washington and "I'm afraid the news is not very OKLAHOMA TRAGEDY Hawaii were awarded plaques for their good," said Bettylou Evans, chairper- Heavy on the minds of many attend- successful efforts in getting their state son of the Membership and Post Activ- ing the Spring Meeting was the bomb- legislatures to pass memorializing reso- ities Committee. She reported that Please turn to page 63 lutions on behalf of the flag. NO TEARS During the first day's session, Detweiler announced that Martin Har- wit, director of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), had just resigned. Detweiler noted that the Legion's battle with NASM over the Enola Gay exhibit never focused on personalities involved, just the histori- cal inaccuracies. Herman Harrington, who as chair- man of the Legion's Internal Affairs Commission also led the Legion's fight against the pro-Japanese exhibit originally proposed by NASM, said that when Harwit "finally looked us in the eyes and saw our resolve, he real- ized his position was doomed. We shed no tears for his departure."

Harrington said the Legion is urg- ing that a fully restored Enola Gay be FOR THE CHILDREN—iAux;7/ary REPORT FROM OKLAHOMA—NEC- National President Linda Newsome man Lawrence Roy thanks those who displayed in the Smithsonian Institu- gives Detweiler a $20,000 check for helped in the aftermath of the Alfred tion in Washington, D.C. If that can- Legion Ctiildren and Youth programs. P. Murrah Federal Building bombing. not be done, Harrington added, the air-

JULY 1995 47 Your American Legion THE LEADING EDGE

Generally, the participants are selected by American Legion Posts following recommendations by school officials. As a rule, each Boys State program

is modeled after its state government. Delegates form mock cities and hold

elections to fill offices such as gover- * ?1 nor and attorney general. When the delegates arrive at Boys State, they are assigned to one of two political parties, generally dubbed the Nationalists and the Federalists. Instruction is provided by an experi- enced Boys State staff, some of whom also occupy local elective offices. In many states, political officials also par- ticipate in the activities. In Ohio, for example, the program features State ' m Government Day, in which the "Boys Staters" welcome government offi- cials, including Gov. George Voin- ovich and heads of state agencies. For six decades. stories involving the 1 .5 million young In addition to basic course of in- The American Legion men who have learned the basics of struction, Boys State programs often democracy from the Boys State pro- offer tours of historic sites and other Boys State program gram over the years. This summer, the informative activities. For example, the program celebrates six decades of Department of California Boys State lias taugtit tine teaching good citizenship. Founded in program includes a half-day trip to the nation's future 1935 to supplement high school civics state capitol in Sacramento, where stu- ieaders about classes, the program was bom out of a dents meet with legislators. But it's not desire to counter the fascist camps that all a lesson in political skills. One night government and were popping up throughout America. of the California program is devoted to civic responsibiiity. Legionnaires Hayes Kennedy and a jamboree in which the boys show off Harold Card of the Department of Illi- their talents in comedy and music. nois conducted the first program in At the Missouri Boys State, the boys EIL WOLITZER, a recent June 1935 at the Illinois State Fair- publish a daily newspaper and write, I" g graduate of Nova High grounds in Springfield. edit and produce a 10- to 15-minute School in Hollywood, This year more than 28,000 boys nightly show. Each noon, a Fla., believes that what he will participate in Boys States. In addi- radio news show produced by the stu- learned at The American tion, for the past 50 years, two boys dents is broadcast statewide. Legion's Boys State pro- from each state have attended Boys "The program sows the seeds for gram helped him get a Nation, a national version of the pro- future involvement in community

four-year ROTC scholar- gram conducted each summer in Wash- affairs, and it teaches teamwork and ship to attend Princeton ington, D.C. respect for the diversity of the commu- University. Forty-nine states conduct programs, nity," says Leo Vecellio Jr., who • Surgeon F. Brett Shannon says Hawaii being the one exception. Most attended the 1963 Boys Nation and that daily, he uses skills he acquired in programs are based at college campus- West Virginia Boys State, and went on the Legion's unique program. es and last about a week. to become the CEO of his own con-

• Steven L. Grand attended the Mis- Boys State programs seek only boys struction company . souri Boys State program in 1979 and with outstanding qualities of leader- Whether the students are learning has since become a political consultant ship, character, scholarship, loyalty and how to operate a radio station or how to to Vice President Al Gore. service to their schools. Eligibility is get elected to an office, the mission of • And of course. President Bill Clin- restricted to students who have success- Boys State from its beginning has been ton credits Boys State and Boys Nation fully completed their junior year in to teach young men that the individual with launching his political career. high school and have at least one more is an integral part of the community These are just a few of the success semester of high school remaining. and government.

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Clark (DE-533) Associa- USS Pine Island AV-12 Assn. #18457 VBA'PB-148 #18876 2nd Air Div, 392nd Bomb Grp Mem. tion #22303 USS Pittsburgh CA-72 (WWII, Korea) VC-35/VAW-35 Assn. #22292 Assn. #14280 USS Howard W. Gillmore AS-16: Ship's #10599 VC-7 & VC-31 (WWII) #17368 3rd Photo Recon Sq. (WWII) #20260 Co. Assn. (1944/80) #11774 USS Pollux AKS-2/4 #14589 VC/VT/VF/VA(AW)/VAWA'AQ-33 #22824 4th Air Depot Grp. #16975 USS Humboldt AVP-21 (1943/45) USS Pollux, USS Truxtun, USS Wilkes VF-53/USS Valley Forge/USS Essex- 4th Emerg. Resc. Sq. (WWII) (SW Pacif- #11837 (Newfoundland, 1942) #18787 (1948-Korea) (Sans Reproache) ic) #16909 USS Hunt DD-674 (DESRON-52) USS Pompon SS/SSR-267 #21234 #18464 5th AF, 22nd Air Base Grp,478th Svc #12472 USS Ponchatoukia AO-148 #19837 Victory in the Pacific Celebration Sq,30th Mat.Sq (WWII, 42/45) #16998 USS Huntington CL-107 "Hogan's Goat" USS Pondera APA-191 #17822 #19559 5th AF, 45th Hq/Hq Sq, 8th/480th Air #13958 USS Princeton CV-37/LPH-5 Assn. 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9th AF, 30gth Serv. Grp., 2490th QM 851st Avn. Engr. Bn. #16993 Parrls Isl. Chapt. Mar. Corps Dl Assn. 1940/45) #12314 Truck Co., Avn. #12825 1057th QM Co., 323rd Air Serv. Grp. (AIIYrs.) #12138 USS Menges DE-320 #17020 9th AF, 313th TC Grp., 49th TC Sq. #21889 USS Huntington CL-107, Marine Det. USS Modoc WPG-46 (Greenland Patrol (WWII) #11198 2017th Main. Ord. Co. #19450 #10796 1940/45) #12315 9th AF, 363rd Tac Recon Grp, 161st Tac AAF Cadets (Parks College 1940's) USS Philippine Sea CV-47 (Marine Det.) USS Mohawk WPG-78 (Greenland Recon Sq (Europe, WWII) #21622 #18335 #15807 Patrol 1940/45) #12316 9th AF, 391st Bomb Group Assn. Anniversary Reunion Childress Field Victory in the Pacific Celebration USS Mojave WPG-47 (Greenland Patrol #20978 (WWII) #19442 #19560 1940/45) #10522 9th AF, 397th Bomb Grp. (WWII) ATC: Karachi (CBI Himalayian Flyers, VMD-354 (Photo Sq.) #13141 USS Monomoy (Greenland Patrol #16972 WWII) #16883 VMF (N) 541 (Bateye Sq) #17165 1940/45) #19725 9th AF, 896th SIg. 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City_ State _Zip_ _Phone i._ I think it has become the most cor- A ©1995 NordicTrack, Inc., A CiVlL Company • All rights reserved. rosive element of the society. There is no doubt that organized crime bosses are actively collaborating with vested in Boris Yeltsin. by raising pensions and the minimum high-ranking military and state security I have difficulty envisioning a sec- wage. officials. The spread of protection and ond presidential term for Yeltsin. However, these measures will have extortion schemes — not to mention Indeed, it appears doubtful that he will their own budget-busting and inflation- contract murders of important bankers complete his current term without ary consequences. It is probably only a and private entrepreneurs — is eerily political or health-related challenges. matter of time until widespread strikes reminiscent of the darkest days of the serve as the outlet for frustrated work- 1930s in this country. Q. The economic reform has not ers. An even more sinister element of proceeded without substantial pain this problem, however, is the trade in for the average Russian. What are Q. What about American efforts to components for weapons of mass some of the major problems? help? Do you think we can influence destruction and ballistic missiles to A Most menacing for Russia is the economic reform in Russia? rogue nations. The advent of war- prospect of widespread unemploy- A We do tend to have an exaggerat- lordism also threatens to undermine the ment and a continued decline in living ed view of what we are going to democratic and free-market movement, standards due to a depreciating curren- accomplish with large-scale taxpayer if not brought under control by the cy. aid. We certainly have been misguided authorities. The ruble has declined in value in our past allocation of these resources roughly 100 percent since my visit to and have precious little to show for the Q. Earlier, you made it sound as Moscow in July last year. Russia has billions spent. though the "report card" on Boris taken a positive step of permitting at For too long, the Clinton administra- Yeltsin would not be especially good. least some large enterprises to go bank- tion labored under an unduly Russo- A Yeltsin is described as out of rupt—but without an adequate safety centric view of the former Soviet touch with the reform-oriented net or retraining program for the Union. Consequently, we ignored elements of the country, and at this 20,000-50,000 workers employed by opportunities to stimulate market-based moment seems persuaded that his con- those enterprises. Over the next several economic growth in the regions and tinued political viability and re-election months, entire towns will likely be neighboring states of Russia. The 104th require a marriage of convenience with thrown out of work because of the Congress is already predisposed to cut- the authoritarian elements. His health almost exclusive reliance on one major back assistance to Russia in favor remains a troubled mystery, with local factory or industry. of other parts of the former Soviet charges of alcoholism and erratic This is one of the most unfortunate Union— a trend reinforced by the cup- behavior on the rise both in Russia and legacies of Soviet central control of the board-emptying rescue pack- abroad. Despite his increasing isola- economy. The government is attempt- age. tion. Western leaders remain overin- ing to alleviate this burgeoning crisis Please turn page

JULY1995 57 political symbol than an effective In effect, we seem to be on the glide reform tool? path toward a de facto smaller Russia RUSSIAN REFORM That is probably accurate so far. for the 21st century. Continued page 57 A from Nevertheless, I remain persuaded that targeted U.S. assistance can make Q. Assume for a minute that you a meaningful difference in advancing control U.S.-Russia policies. What Russian reform. What will help is a would you change?

U.S. policy that makes it clear to First, I would signal Russian lead- Q. Given Russia's troubled eco- A Moscow that irresponsible and aggres- ership that it is not going to have it nomic system, there are critics of sive behavior both externally and inter- both ways. Moscow cannot continue to current American policy who insist nally will be met by swift and sure receive multibillion-dollar contribu- that it makes no sense to send even penalties in capital investment, finan- tions from the American people while one tax dollar in aid to Moscow. cial disbursements, and energy and simultaneously undermining our efforts If we restructure our assistance to A technology assistance, to name a few. to promote vital Western interests Moscow, the American people can worldwide, including our attempt to still reap positive dividends. Such divi- Q. Margaret Thatcher has been prevent the spread of weapons of mass dends include reducing the prolifera- perhaps the most successful re- destruction. Instead, we should conduct tion of nuclear materials, stemming the former of the 20th century. She took an aid policy that could withstand the export of organized crime, dismantling a British economy that was 12 per- scrutiny of the American people from a certain classes of ICBMs, promoting cent state-owned and reduced own- national interest perspective and, at the agricultural reform, upgrading the ership to about 6 percent. But that same time, ensure the delivery of aid to economy of the regions, and institu- took 12 years. How much can we grassroots entrepreneurs, small busi- tionahzing commercial and legal codes. really expect Russia to resemble a ness, private farmers and other worthy The problem continues to be the Western society with democratic recipients— something not being done lack of a targeted, well-crafted U.S. aid capitaUsm, given the difficulties that now. program. As currently configured, it is reform presents? Second, I would seek to forge mean- proper to be skeptical of the gains You are still going to have a top- ingful economic and political relation- being advertised by the current admin- A heavy centralized system remain ships with the regional governors of istration and the Bush administration in force for years to come, given the Russia and to integrate them into inter- before it. lack of an entrepreneurial culture in national trade and financial institutions. Russia over its 1,000-year history. By constructing new hubs of activity Q. So is there some merit to saying Nevertheless, this gloomy assessment within Russia, we could de-emphasize that U.S. aid to Russia is more of a is offset to some extent by the fact that the attention given Moscow and almost the Russian private sector continues to surely improve the plight of the Russ-

paddlewheelers, see your travel it is high time we take concrete steps to Q. Which leads to another ques- ensure we do not go down that undisci- agent or CcJl any day of the week. tion: In addition to Chechens, Russia plined road again. ethnic groups. Given Fourth, I would strongly encourage 1-800-315-4249 has over 100 the internal trend toward establish- and financially support the fine work of The Delta Queen Steamboat Co. ing "local czars," might we see the private organizations such as the disintegration of Russia itself? Krieble Institute in Washington. The A The new round of political paraly- institute instills the fundamentals of sis in Moscow catalyzed by the free enterprise in talented American aggression in Chechnya has certainly and eager young Russian volunteers, as increased the anxiety of regional lead- well as providing retraining and a new ers and their determination to press life for Russian professionals. ahead with greater autonomy. Over Finally, we must never lose sight of time, the strains on this ethnic tapestry the purpose of our economic dealings of Russia will undoubtedly take their with Russia in the first place. Trade and toll, and probably result in new confed- aid are only levers— levers we hope we erations and economic associations and can pull to ensure the fundamental organizations like the Asia-Pacific Eco- security interests of the American peo- nomic Council (APEC). ple.

58 THE AMERICAN LEGION ica will oppose any armed action [in The amazing walk-behind brush cutter! SPRATLY ISLANDS the Spratlys] and will intervene if the armed conflicts threaten the security of The FIELD and Continued page 30 DR® from the region, especially its allies." Aside from defending our allies, the BRUSH MOWER United States is also highly sensitive to CLEARS & MAINTAINS meadows, pastures, wooded and rough non-lawn areas the risk a Spratly conflict would pose to woodlots, with ease. CUTS tall grass, weeds, brambles, countries except Brunei have freedom of navigation through the 1 of the tough brush and saplings up to " thick. garrisons on some of the region. This was reinforced during a military CHOPS/MULCHES most everything it cuts. islands. The potential for a military press conference by Secretary of State Leaves NO TANGLE of brush to pick up like confrontation clearly exists. Warren Christopher, who said: "Any hand-held brushcutters and sickJebar mowers. Perfect for low-maintenance So does the precedent. In March resort to the use of force [in the wildflower meadows, European- 1988, China and Vietnam fought a Spratlys] would compromise the secu- style woodlots, walking paths, naval engagement in these waters, rity of important sea lanes and. ..the or any area you only want to • reportedly involving 30 Vietnamese U.S. would view this most seriously." mow once a month or once a season 8 HP and 20 Chinese ships, as well as a con- Large volumes of American trade • Self-Propelled Persian oil pass through these tingent of Chinese marines. Although and Gulf • Mows up to 1/2 outnumbered, the better-equipped and waters. A prolonged conflict might acre per hour! more highly trained Chinese forces force the Navy to escort merchant ships • Optional Electric- Starting defeated the Vietnamese decisively, through the area, as took place most seizing several Vietnamese-controlled recently during the Iran-Iraq war. loo, islands. or not such escort Following the attack, the other WHETHER \cecc) claimants reinforced the militias on duties magnify the potential for GSA#GS07F-5372A their own islands, heightening tensions conflict on the high seas, most TRY FOR 30 DAYS RISK FREE! even further. The chief officer of the Asians agree that the presence of the Plea.se mail this coupon TODAY for complete FREE I | Malaysian mihtary. Gen. Yaacob Zain, U.S. military in the region is the prima- I DETAILS of the DR* FIELD and BRUSH MOWER i including prices, specifications of Manual & ELECTRIC- told reporters: "We will not hand over ry guarantee of peace not just in the [ j I STARTD^IG Models, and "Off-Season" Savings now in effect ^ the islands... even not Spratlys, but throughout Asia. As Sin- though we do Name ^" I AML o have the capability to go to war with gapore's Brig. Gen. George Yeo I

China. . . . We'll defend our rights." remarked, "It is frightening to conceive City_ _State _ .ZIP_ To: COUNTRY PRODUCTS*, Dept. 499F Tensions between the Philippines of an Asia without the U.S. military I HOME Ferry Road. Box 89, Charlotte. VT 05445 and China also are escalating rapidly. presence." Last February, Filipino officials Some Asians believe that reductions revealed that the Chinese placed territo- in the American presence are already inevitably pay a price in lost lives and rial markers on several islands and a encouraging China's current aggressive economic opportunities in the long- military facility on Mischief Reef— all behavior in the Spratlys, and fear it will term. within the area claimed by the Philip- grow worse in the future. Widespread Looking ahead, any resolution of the pines. The Filipinos destroyed the fears that the United States will with- Spratly dispute appears doubtful. A markers and further beefed up their draw from Asia are fueling an arms negotiated settlement is the obvious military in the area. This latest con- race in Southeast Asia, increasing the means of resolving the dispute, since frontation raises still more fears about risk of conflict in the area. For exam- all the claimants publicly profess a China's intentions among America's ple, China's military budget has desire to come to the bargaining table. friends in the region. increased every year since 1989. The But scant progress has been made, per- For U.S. diplomats in particular, the 1994 Malaysian defense budget will haps because the weakness of the Spratly region is a powder keg of over- rise 32 percent, following similar nations' claims to ownership makes lapping and, sometimes, opposing loy- increases in previous years, and the them unwilling to submit to interna- alties. The United States takes no posi- Philippines and Brunei also plan to tional arbitration. In any case, a simple, tion on the merits of any country's strengthen their forces. generally acceptable division of territo- claims to the Spratlys, but it does main- Such are the reasons why informed ry is hard to imagine unless several of tain close defense relations with the observers maintain that America must the major players first take the improb- Philippines, Malaysia and Brunei; the not give up its bases in Asia. Forward able step of modifying their demands, United States and the Philippines even defense remains vital to American or abandoning them altogether. have a mutual defense treaty. Thus, the interests there. Beyond the hazards a Granted, the disputing countries question of what to do in the event of U.S. withdrawal would pose for region- could agree to postpone addressing the an outbreak of hostilities between our al stability, it would also undercut the sovereignty issues and develop the area allies is the cause of much head- Navy's ability to respond to crises in jointly. This approach has actually been scratching in and around Washington. which American lives are at stake. If suggested by the Indonesians, who are Although the United States main- the Navy's closest bases were in currently sponsoring informal talks on tains that its mutual defense treaty with Hawaii, a U.S. Navy surface battle the subject. The snag here is that joint the Philippines does not cover conflicts group would require about 14 days to development would require the estab- involving the Spratly claims, an assault travel to the South China Sea— a fact lishment of something like a South involving any of the three countries that the oil workers in our opening sce- China Sea maritime development would still be a source of serious U.S. nario would not find very comforting. agency to allocate exploration rights, concern. In 1992, then-U.S. Ambas- Overall, there can be little doubt that if collect revenues, and then distribute the sador to the Philippines, Frank Wisner, we abandon forward defense in order to proceeds among the claimants. Ancient went on the record stating that: "Amer- save money in the short-term, we will Please turn page

JULY 1995 59 China Sea oil installations against sur- prise attacks. Thus, given the presence SPRATLY ISLANDS of American citizens on the Crestone MAGIC FINGERS Continuedfrom page 59 rigs, the U.S. Navy probably would be Continuedfrom page 37 called upon to intervene in the event of an attack. Meanwhile, the other aspiring Sprat- suspicions do not bode well for the ly landlords further inflame tensions by sleep or to go back into the bedroom. establishment of such an agency in the forging ahead with their own plans to None of that affects us now," says Doc- near future. Nor does simple greed: The exploit precious resources in the South tor, who is EMDR-trained and has been fact is that when all is said and done, China Sea. Recently, Vietnam awarded successful in treating about a dozen the countries are just too covetous of oil exploration rights in an area just other quake victims. the area's resources. west of the Crestone concession to As for EMDR's potential. Doctor In early 1992, for example, Beijing Mobil Oil, while the Philippines grant- says it may represent an undiscovered passed a new territorial sea law that ed an oil exploration permit to Vaalco doorway into the human psyche. reasserted Chinese sovereignty over the Energy, another American firm. "There has not been much change in Spratly Islands and authorized its navy And so in a group of tiny islands psychology in the last 30 years," he to protect Chinese territorial waters. half a world away, the stage is set for says. "There has been nothing as

Later that same year, China awarded an battle.... promising as this. And it doesn't seem oil-exploration concession to the Amer- to hurt anybody." ican-owned Crestone Oil Company in waters both Vietnam and China say SUCH praise has not shielded the belong to them. TAPS procedure from a certain skepticism Crestone President Randall C. in the mental-health community.

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• Researchers in August 1994 trol, it wasn't until Smith volunteered such naysaying can't eradicate reported a new study which concluded to be an EMDR "guinea pig" in 1988 BUTthe body of evidence that is quietly that the procedure again had been that things really started to improve. accumulating in support of effective with 80 PTSD patients. Offi- "We spent maybe eight or nine mounting lore: EMDR's cials of the American Psychological weeks and those things were gone," • after Two months Hurricane Association have described the smdy as says Smith. Andrew struck south Florida in August "the most scientifically rigorous to After six years, none of the disturb- 1992, a team of eight EMDR-trained date." Further clinical trials of EMDR ing PTSD symptoms has returned. therapists from around the country con- are now underway at Yale University. Today, Eric Smith is remarried, has verged on the destruction site south of children and owns his own software- Miami. MEANTIME, apart from the scien- engineering firm. About 100 traumatized victims who tific debate, the real story is writ- "Prior to EMDR, I thought for so had refused to evacuate were given ten in EMDR's apparent effect on many years that PTSD would be a daily two-hour EMDR treatments. All individual lives. part of my life," Smith says. "I never reportedly experienced a great reduc- Califomian Eric Smith is typical of had any hope of being the way I am tion in distress. those who don't care about cold statis- now."

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